Never Underestimate


People Have The Power

I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it's decreed / the people rule
~Patti Smith

I was underestimating. I was expecting. I wasn't expecting. It was great to see. Standing room only at the Town Hall Meeting John Conyers held on the anniversary of the Downing Street Memos. 723 people! Energy. People finally feeling that someone in Washington is willing to do something. Fresh air. Needed air. Excitement, even empowerment. This is the type of energy that can grow if we feed it. We have to feed it. We have no choice if we want to save what is left of the country we used to know.

Corpus Callosum has two different reports on the Town Hall Meeting, with links I haven't included here.

The Progressive Dems have a report from different events across the country. Thousands Across the U.S. Mark DSM Day at 300+ Public Forums

Truthout has a series of reports and some video.

There is a very nice collection of photos from Detroit here

...And I have some photos, including the one below, from our standing-room-only viewpoint.



We have a hero, lets get behind, and, stay behind him. posted by Cyndy | link | | |
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